Archive for December, 2004
Thursday, December 23rd, 2004
News From The Front
Thursday, December 23, 2004 Chaplain survives Mosul blast, ministers in aftermath ENS 122304-1 The Rev. David Sivret, rector of Christ Church, Eastport, Maine, and nearby St. Anne’s, Calais, is currently serving as chaplain in Mosul, Iraq, with the Maine Guard’s 133rd Engineering Battalion. After the December 21 bomb blast there that killed 22 people, Sivret […]
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Thursday, December 23rd, 2004
It’s About Time!
The Twelve Days of Christmas revised. On the 12th day of Eurocentrically imposed midwinter festival my significant other in a consenting, adult, monogamous, relationship gave to me: Twelve males reclaiming their inner warrior through ritual drumming. Eleven pipers piping (plus an 18 member pit orchestra made up of members in good standing of the Musicians […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004
For Mike
HOLLYWOOD—Psychiatrists in select cities nationwide have reported a surge in Post-Melodramatic Stress Disorder cases following the Dec. 22 release of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera. “We’re seeing a barrage of psychological consequences in those who have been exposed to the violently overblown acting and protracted, heightened emotions in The Phantom Of The […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004
St. Joseph Was Episcopalian???
Check out the lower left hand corner:
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004
Cana, Cana, Who Has The Cana?
Historical Christian Site Said to Be Found Associated Press Cana, Israel, Dec. 21 - Among the roots of ancient olive trees, archaeologists have found pieces of large stone jars of the type the Gospel says Jesus used when he turned water into wine at a Jewish wedding in the Galilee village of Cana. They believe […]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004
For Emily
In October, the federal appeals court in San Francisco dismissed a lawsuit against the Navy, filed in the name of marine mammals, claiming that naval sonar disrupted their underwater communication; the court said federal environmental laws can be challenged only by people (or legal entities), not whales. [The Australian, 10-28-04] [San Francisco Chronicle-AP, 10-20-04]
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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2004
“Freegans”?
“Freegans” are non-homeless Dumpster divers with a political or at least philosophical commitment not to waste perfectly usable discarded goods, including food, according to reports in Newsday (September) and the Houston Press (November). Most are driven by a belief that too many Americans have a fetishized view of newness, pointing out that restaurants discard much […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2004
Nice!
Christ Climbed Down Christ climbed down from His bare Tree this year and ran away to where there were no rootless Christmas trees hung with candycanes and breakable stars Christ climbed down from His bare Tree this year and ran away to where there were no gilded Christmas trees and no tinsel Christmas trees and […]
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2004
Interesting!
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2004
Yet They Re-Elected The Perp!!!!!
56 Percent in Survey Say Iraq War Was a Mistake Tue Dec 21, 8:46 AM ET By John F. Harris and Christopher Muste, Washington Post Staff Writers President Bush (news - web sites) heads into his second term amid deep and growing public skepticism about the Iraq (news - web sites) war, with a solid […]